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What's something WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051197000960
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2200 W OAK ST, ROGERS, AR 72758 · (479) 631-3640 · Benton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
277 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
36.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.2% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 41.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 402 | 68.9% | 37.2% |
| BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL ROGERS | 458 | 69.7% | 42.2% |
| LISA ACADEMY SPRINGDALE SPRINGDALE | 450 | 73.8% | 42.0% |
| THURMAN G. SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 483 | 74.5% | 35.4% |
| LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOWELL | 451 | 63.9% | 43.8% |
| S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DANVILLE | 328 | 70.7% | 40.7% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #216 of 461 | #37 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #243 of 465 ▼ 66 | #37 of 39 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #227 of 465 ▼ 57 | #37 of 39 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #277 of 531 | #37 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #91 of 480 | #6 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #184 of 480 | #24 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #298 of 513 | #7 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #104 of 311 | #10 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
402
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 402 | 28.2 | 14.3:1 | 69% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 29.4 | 13.4:1 | 73% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 66% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 67% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 30.9 | 16.1:1 | 40% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 66% (288) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 57% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 35% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 21 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in ROGERS, Arkansas. The school counts 402 students across pre-K through 5.
Besides WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 22 other schools. The district enrolls 15,688 students.
A majority of students at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 57%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 36% White and 4% multiracial. Benton County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1 at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 69% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Benton County is 37%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.2%.
Benton County census figures show that median household income is about $93,506, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 88 public schools operate in Benton County, serving about 57,071 students.
Of nearby public schools, OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 41.4% proficiency; WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 37.2%.
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students declined from 416 to 402 over 4 years.
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Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,632
Census ACS
Median income
$93,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
57,071 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 643 students
Other schools in ROGERS
- ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- ROGERS HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,066 students
- KIRKSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 890 students
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLEElementary · 787 students
Other Westside Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Westside Elementary. WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 26th largest of the 41.
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJONESBORO, AR · 756 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCABOT, AR · 424 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEARCY, AR · 398 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARTMAN, AR · 279 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolANGLETON, TX · 1,029 students
Nearby schools
- OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 809
- ELMWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,066
- GRACE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 403
- BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL1.3 mi · 458
- LINGLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 643
- FRANK TILLERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 402 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 36% White, 57% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ROGERS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Benton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.